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The impossible choice faced by Mass health orgs: Help some, or help none

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By 📝 massandra on October 15, 2025

ErinInTheMorning, a trans rights blog, recently posted about Fenway Health (Boston-based non-profit LGBTQ health center) kowtowing to the demands of the executive branch: In a move that shocked fam... (Read more)

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The Massachusetts medical firewall (and how to support it)

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By 📝 massandra on September 04, 2025

Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a legal firewall around reproductive and gender-affirming care: locking down health data, blocking cooperation with out-of-state crackdowns, shielding providers... (Read more)

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